Machine for trimming and pasting wall-paper.



PATEN'TED OCT. 23, 1906.

'J. VOGT. MACHINE FOR TRIMMING AND PASTING WALL' PAPER.

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APPLICATION FILED 0OT.17, 1905.

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APPLIOATION FILED 00T.l7, 1905.

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iINITE STATES PATENT" oF ro JOSEPH'VOGT, OF NEW YORK,N.Y.,ASS1GNOR TO PAPERHANGERS. MACHINE eoMPANY, A CORPORATION or MAINE.

MACHINE FOR TRIMMING ANb PASTING WALL-PAPER.

Application filed October 17,1905. Serial No. 283.128-

'l'o (pZLwhom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I,-JosE1 H VOGT, a citizen of the United States, residing in New York, in the borough of Manhattan and State of New York, have invented certain new and ming and Pasting Walhlaper, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in a wall-paper trimming and pasting machine, for which Letters Patent were granted to me, No. 742,808, dated October 27, 1903, the improvements being designed with the view of improving the working of the machine, improving the arrangement of the paper guiding-and trimming mechanisms, rendering the paste-receptacle removable, and permitting the folding up of the machine after use Within a comparatively small compass, so as .to permit the convenient carrying of the same from the place of use; and for this purpose the invention consists of await paper trimming and pasting machine compris ng a metallic supporting-frame provided with foldable legs and ahin'ged folding cover forming a table when inopen posltion, a sliding paste-receptacle in the I supportingframe, said receptacle being provided with a paste-transmitting roller and; scraper or socalled doctor, -.a detachablev paper-roll support applied to theoutside of the frame,

rollers forfeedingthepaper to the pastetransmitting-ro'ller, fingersfor guiding off the trimming cut from thewallsp aper, and rotary adjustable knives for trimming the wall-paper to the proper width.

' Theinvention-consis ts, further, of certain improvements in the indicator for showing the length of the wall-paper fed through the machine, and, lastly, of additional details of construction and combinations of parts, which will be fully described hereinafter and finally pointed outin the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my improved wall-paper trimming and pasting machine, showing the same in position for use.

.. is a front elevationpf Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side tional plan view of the roll-support shown in Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a detail plan view, inhori- Specification of Letters Patent.

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aontal section, of the trimming mechanism. Fig. 8 1s a detail side view of the indicator mechanism. Figs. 9 and 10 are an end elevation and a vertical section Online 1010., Fig.

' sponding parts in the different figures of the, c

drawings.

Referring to the drawings, A represents an joblong .box' or frame which is preferably made of sheet metal, the length of which is made large enough to permit the pasting of the sizes of wall-paper in the market. The metallic box or frame A is supported on fold- 1 ing legs I), which are provided with braces 12,

the legs being pivoted to bottom flanges-of the box, so as to be folded upon the same. when the .machine is not required for use. '7 5 The metallic box A is made open at-the rear end, so as to permit the removal of a paste-f.

' receptacle P, which is approximately of the size of the box or frame A, so as to be supported within the same and readily removedf8c therefrom forbeing refilled with paste when the same is exhausted. The metallic box or {frame A is closed by means of a cover. 0,

which is formed of two parts, an angular portion 0, the longer part of which is guided in, 8 ways in the bottom of the'metallic frame A,

while, the shorter part extends along the.

front of the same, and a hinged section 0 I which extends over the top part of the frame.

and is attached thereto, so as to inclose, the parts when the machine is not required for, use. The longer part of the rectangular sec-' tion of .the cover is guided by means of pins in the ways in the bottom, of the metallic frame A and is permitted to. swing in down- 5 Ward direction in keepers 7c, so as to assume the position s hown'in Fig. 1, in which the cover'forms at the same time a table for thepaper after the same leaves the'machine. The roll of wall-paper X is supported in a bracket-support D, as shown in Figs. ,5 and 6, that is attached to the rear part of the frame A, the supporting-brackets being made extensible, soas to fit any size of roll; The main bracketesupport d is providedewithflrg'g the frame and stored away in the upper part of the metallic frame, so as to be readily carried with the machine when the same is not required for use. When themachine is to be used, the main bracket is inserted by its headed studs into the slots of the metallic sidewise.

frame and clamped in position, after which the adgustable bracket d is set to the proper size 0 roll and then clamped in position after the pins at the ends of the brackets are inserted into the opposite ends of the wall.- pa er roll.

I n the paste-receptacle is arranged a pastetransmitting roller E, which is supported in suitable bearings in the side wall of said receptacle, one bearing for the shaft of the roller being socket-shaped, while the opposite head of the roller is provided with a coupling device, by which it is connected with a short shaft 6, that turns in bearings of the opposite side wall of the paste-receptacle P, said coupling consisting of a key K, that is passed through a U-shaped bearing to at the head of the ro ler and a transverse roller in the short shaft, the key bein locked in position after insertion between ugs Z, arranged on the head of the roller, as shown clearly in Fig. 12. By withdrawin the key, the paste-transmitting roller can is turned until its U-shaped bearing is, with its open end, below the short shaft, so that the roller can be lifted out of the receiver for cleaning and repairing. It is replaced in the receiver in the reverse order and then looked again in position by the coupling-pin, which is firmly held in position between its two supporting-lugs, as shown in Fig. 12. A doctor or sora or E is supported in bearings of the side wa ls of the paste-receptacle P, the end being pressed on the pastetransmitting role, so as to remove the surplus paste before the same comes in contact with the wall-paper.

The upper part A of the metallic frame is made separate from the lower part and hinged at one end, so as to be thrown open In said up er part of the metallic frame are supported t ebearings for one feedroller N, which moves in contact with a second feed-roller N, the shaft of which is supported in' bearings in the lower or main part of the frame, and the bearings for a presserroller 0, which moves in contact with the paste-transmitting roller- E in the receptacle Between the upper feed-roller and the resser-roller is arranged an indicator I, which is operated at each rotation of the upper feed-roller, so as to indicate thenumber of feet of wall-pa or that have passed through the machine an indicate thereby when the proper length of paper is trimmed and pasted, so that the paper-hanger can take it up from the table and hang it on the wall. At the upper rear end of the main portion of the metallic frame A, adjacent to the lower feedroller, is arranged a transverse bar F, over which the wall-paper is conducted from the roll to the feed-rollers N and paste-transmitting roller. The rotary feed-rollers bring the paper over the transverse bar and conduct it over an inclined plate t, that is arranged between the lower feed-roller and the presserroller to the paste-transmitting roller, which transmits paste to the underside of the paper, which is then conducted over suitable fingers f arranged at the upper front part of the main portion outside of the metallic frame and laid up in folds on the supportingtable, as shown in Fig. 1.

The upper feed-roller N carries at one end a small antifriction-roller a as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 8, which roller in being moved in a circular path periodically abuts against the beveled end of a slide-bar i, whereby said bar is pushed forwardly, after spring n, engaging the opposite end thereof. Said bar i carries a spring-actuated pawl g, which engages and actuates in one direction a ratchet-wheel 9 said ratchet-wheel being prevented from movement in the opposite direction by a pivoted and spring-actuated check-pawl g, as shown. To the shaft of the ratchet-wheel is applied an index-hand, which moves over a dial on the face of the indicator, so as to indicate thereby the number of feet of wall-paper that have passed through the machine. The antifriction-roller n in abutting against and pushing inwardly the slidebar 41 during each rotation of the upper feedroller effects the forward movement of the ratchet-wheel to the extent of one tooth, and the pointer indicates this movement on the dial, which is so graduated as to properly measure the paper. When the regpired length is obtained, the paper is out 0'', removed from the table, and hung up. The pointer is set at zero by releasing t e push and check pawls from the teeth of the ratchet- .wheel by a sliding and spring actuated. pusher p, which extends above the indicator and which can be readily operated by the thumb, so as to release the pawls. This permits the return of the index-point to zero for pasting the next quantity of paper. A coilspring is arranged in front of the ratchetwheel at its inner end, while its other end is attached to the casing of the indicator, as shown in Fig. 8, said spring producing the automatic return of the index-hand to zero as soon as the pawls are released by the pusher-bar. Above the transverse bar F are supported which it is returned to normal position by a through their hubs.

' is attached bya set-screw h to holes of the ble of adjustment in ailat'eral direction on said "rod by means .of set-screws h, passing I Each disk works in connection with a stationary cutter h, which transverse bar,.- the' transverse bar receiving motion toward the cutters by means of a helical spring as, that is interposed between its end and the sidewall of the casing of the indicator, so that a ti ht shearing contact is produced; and there y the roper trimming of the wall-paper obtained? The cutter and .stationary cutters are arrangedexactly to the width of the wall-paper, so as to trim the edges of the same. The paper is conducted over the fin ers f that are supported on the front part 0 the lower portion of the metallic frame, while the trimmed-off edges are conducted over larger laterally-adjusted fingers f, that are'arranged atveach' end of the main portion of the metallic frame, .as shownin Fig. 4. I

Rotary motion is im arted to the feedrollers, edge-trimming knives, paste-trans mitting and,- resser-rollers ,by'a train of gears arranged at one end wall of the inachine and driven by a crank'R, applied to the largest gear-wheel, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The side walls of the lower portion of the me-- tallic frame are provided with recesses 1" to permit the shaft of the paste-transmitting roller to be moved in proper place with the paste-receptacle. On the same side as the gear-wheels is arranged a pivoted lockin link Z by which the upper hin' ed portion of the metallic frame can be ocked to thelower main portion of the same. The transverse bar whichcarries the sta tionary cutters has at one end a cushionspring, uided in a socket atone end of the side wal of the metallic frame, while the op,- posite end is provided with two parallel pins g g. The pin g is provided with a side recess and interlocks by means of said recess with a recessed cushioned slide-bolted, which is disposed at right angles to said pin and supports said bar in osition. This locking engagement may e released by pushing in the slide-bolt b so ,that it is disengaged from said pin, as shown in Fig. 13. The other pin g is acted upon by a bar M with a beveled edge, so as to push the transverse barover against the tension of its spring for producing the adjustment of the stationary cutters,

' nection with one of the other knives for outj tin off the edges of narrower papers, borders, an the like.-

My improved wall paper trimming and pasting machine is o erated as follows: The

brackets at'the outside of the machine and the paper then passed over the stationary .cutterar and feed-rollers and between the paste-transmitting and presser-rollers, over the fingers, onto the table on the outside of the machine. By passing the paper through the the paste is applied td rthe under side of the paper. By simultaneo l s rotation of the rotary cutters in connection with the stationary cutters theedges of the paper are trimmed. The pasted wall-paper is collected in superposed folds insuch a manner that the pasted portions come in contact only with each other. When the requifhdlength as required by the height of the room. is obtained, the paper is cut off and pasted pn the'wall.

. The improved wall paper trimming and .pasting machine can be readily operated,

I takes up but little room, can be carried readily from the shop to-any house to be papered, supplies the wallaper in uniformly trimmed and pasted con ition, so as to be quickl hung to the wall by the paper-hanger. AK ter the work is done the table is returned in while the supporting-legs are folded up to the bottom of thesupporting-frame and the roll- 's'u porting brackets removed and stored inside ofthe machine. In this manner all'the parts are properlyhoused and the machine conveniently carried without requiring extra attendants; By proper adjustment of the Ledge-trimming knives and the feeding and paste-transmitting rollers the pasted wallpa er is applied in much less time than heregreatly facilitated and expedited.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a machine for trimming and pasting wall-paper, the combination of a supportingframe embodying superposed sections, a slidable paste-receptacle supported in the lower section, a paste-transmittin roller mounted ih said receptacle, a feed-r0 ler journaled in said lower section, a resser-roller journaled in the up er section 0 said frame and cooperating wlt said paste-transmitting roller, and a feed-roller journaled in said upper section and cooperating with said first-named feedroller.

2. In a machine for-trirnming and pasting wall paper, the combination, with the sup porting-frame, of-a 'slidable paste-receptacle 1n the same, feed-rollers at the upper part of the suppprting-frame, adjustable rotary trimming- 'ves, stationary cutters working in roll of paper is app ied to the supportingpaste-transmitting rol er and resser-roller position and used as a cover for the machine,

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to ore, so that the work of. the paper-hanger is conjunction with-said rotary knives for trimming the edges ofthe Wall-paper, a roller for transmitting paste to the under side of the Wall-paper, a roll-supporting bracket attached to one side of the sup orting-frame, guide-fingers for conducting t e pasted and trimmed Wall-pa er over the opposite side of the supportingrame, and fingers for conducting the trimmed-oif edges to an outside receptacle.

3. In a Wall-pa er trimming and pasting machine, the corn ination with the supporting-frame, the paste-receptacle mounted thereon, the aste-trans'mitting roller, and the pre'sser-roIler cooperating therewith, of means for trimming the edges of the Wall-paper, guide-fingers on said supporting-frame for guiding the pastedand trimmed Wall-paper, and laterally-adjustable fingers mounted on said frame for uiding the trimmed edge portions of the Wal -paper.

4. In a machine for trimming and asting Wall-paper, the combination, with t e supporting-frame, of feed-rollers at the upper part of the same, a paste-receptacle, a pastetransmitting roller in said paste-receptacle, a resser-roller above said paste-transmitting roller, an indicator located adjacent to the feed-rollers, said indicator consisting .of ,a

graduated dial, a pointer moving over said dial, a paWl-and-ratchet mechanism for operating the pointer, and means for operating said pawl-and-ratchet mechanism from one of the feed-rollers so as to indicate the length of paper passed through the machine.

5. In a machine for trimming and asting wall-paper, the combination, with t e supporting-frame and Wall-paper feeding and pasting devices, of a cover consisting of two sections, an angular section guided in Ways at the bottom of the supporting-frame provided With pivotins at its end, and a hinged sec tion applie t0 the opposite end of the angular section, and supporting-hooks at the lower part of the supporting-frame for ermitting the forward motion and tilting o the cover so as to form a table for the pasted wall-pm per or the return of the same so as to inclose the parts of the machine.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of tWo subscribing Witnesses.

JOSEPH VOGT.

Witnesses:

PAUL GOEPEL, HENRY J. SUHRBIER. 

